Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.

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1 We even paid a surprise visit to Corsham , where Rosemary and Clifford Ellis welcomed us warmly and invited me to give a series of lectures and classes .
2 Her mum came down the street steaming from the chip shop , and she rushed us inside and got me to make a pot of tea while she shared them all out between the three of us , and we all sat round their fire eating them .
3 The fact that he has chosen to go away and leave me means that he does not love me .
4 ‘ Go away and let me do my work , or we 'll be running on one staff nurse and half an aspirin . ’
5 ‘ Aline , be a dear sweet girl and go away and let me die in peace .
6 This time in the hotels I particularly noticed how many people of different tongues were also staying there — all babbling away and making me wonder who they were and where they had come from .
7 Will you go away and let me have a serious discussion with my nephew without these constant interruptions ?
8 It stops me concentrating on breathing properly and makes me feel as if I 've lost control of the situation .
9 ‘ When Julius phoned me yesterday and asked me to bring the files he wanted to work on , he did n't tell me you were staying here . ’
10 In the meantime , I 'd be really grateful if you 'd step aside and let me come on board for a while . ’
11 Are you gon na come home and help me dig this pond out then Mark ?
12 You would come darkly near and let me feed on your open mouth , while with a generosity that was ready to offer you everything , my heart , my throat , my entrails , I gave you to hold in your awkward fist the sceptre of my passion . ’
13 What she 'd had was a double-booking , effectively , cos she 'd had this dinner which was meant to be in the private dining hall , but the numbers had suddenly shot up , and because they 'd said originally they wanted either the private dining hall or the main dining hall depending on numbers , she should have really booked them both and decided later and told me to like try somewhere else , but she did n't , she told me yeah the dining hall 's free .
14 I was still doubtful , but Suzy said she thought the work I was doing fitted this description perfectly and encouraged me to apply .
15 ‘ And this may be your villa , and your bed , but if you had the minutest atom of good manners or breeding you 'd get out of here right now and let me get some clothes on ! ’
16 ‘ Dennis , lovie , can you type this out now and let me have a copy ?
17 ‘ People go on about my goalscoring now and expect me to score in every game now I 've hit a purple patch .
18 says there 's a good chance they 'll want to finish loading today and asks me to find out who wants overtime .
19 Martha , come here and help me look at his back ! ’
20 Lean over here and let me whisper . ’
21 Come here and let me take off the spell . ’
22 ‘ What I require , Rasputin , is that you let me out of here and let me see Elaine . ’
23 ‘ When your mother came to live here and asked me to advise her , ’ he said uneasily , ‘ I naturally wanted to know some background .
24 and I had Mike ironing them while I was putting 'em up , I said right stand here and watch me hang this curtain , so I 'm showing him how to iron it , so while I 'm upstairs putting 'em up he 's ironing
25 The second call was to someone else and necessitated me going out later that night to pick up two ounces of best Lebanese Red and three of mixed grass and seed , on a sale-or-return basis .
26 ‘ Look , ’ Donaldson told him outside , ‘ I 'm not being deliberately awkward , but you ca n't appear from nowhere and expect me to go along with you without an explanation . ’
27 He took his job very seriously and made me rewrite the book to make it understandable to nonscientists like himself .
28 Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow .
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